institutional developments: parliament
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- parliament
- henry vii
- acts of parliament passed to maintain order
- wanted to stop illegal retaining (cause of disorder)
- 1495 de facto act aimed to help restore stability after Stanley's treason
- acts of parliament passed to maintain order
- henry viii
- 1530s, henry and Cromwell implemented parliamentary reforms to ensure min. resistance and more support
- parliament approved of dissolution (break from Rome) esp. as many benefitted
- edward vi and mary i
- 1550s HoC, gentry and nobility concerns could be expressed
- heard even if didn't affect policy making
- 1550s HoC, gentry and nobility concerns could be expressed
- elizabeth i
- growing support from MPs
- 1571, voted to protect queen from Catholic plots etc.
- 1584, act for the queen's safety reflected increased patriotism
- change in attitude so many gentry wanted to become MPs
- pressure meant est. new parliamentary seats
- more concerned w local econ/social issues > high politics (saw as way to prevent rebellion)
- growing support from MPs
- basics
- infrequent e.g. 7 sess. henry vii and 13 sess. eliza.
- voted Crown's financial grants and discussed proposed bills
- useful in preventing disorder and conspirators
- House of Lords as court of law
- brought bills of attender against rebels
- not integral
- edward, mary, and elizabeth saw value of having MPs endorse religious changes after 1536 as emotive subject (meant those who might've led protests now supported gov)
- henry vii
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